Christmas 2010

It's getting harder to capture Daniel's natural smile, he's developed a pretty brutal camera smile. Here is the one I love. He has a great laugh too, very distinct and full of glee.

This family started out big and grows exponentially by the year. Darius is the latest addition putting the grand kid count at 8. Everyone was present for Christmas Eve dinner.
Auntie Nikki read all the kids a story, trying to create some calm in the madness. It was a great trick for a while. But by the end of the book, Vincent was the only one left, sitting there listening so nicely....

While Dominic and Gavin wrestled...


There was a lot of running around the loop at my parents house, through the bedroom and the bathroom, through the office and the living room...kids and more kids running around and around.


Nikki baked homemade ornaments so the kiddies could all work on a craft while Grandma prepared Christmas Eve dinner. It was a great idea and lot of fun painting the ornaments. They turned out great too.

The boys performed "Away in a Manger" quite a few times this Christmas Season. I loved it.
In keeping with one of their favorite shows, "The Cat in the Hat", the boys got Thing 1,2 & 3 shirts from Auntie Tracy and Uncle Paul. They are a big hit.

Melody and Faye looked so beautiful in their Christmas dresses. Such sweet sisters and cousins.
We sang Happy Birthday to Jesus with Papa Dan and Grandma Bdoe, then we had some birthday cupcakes and pecan pie.

What's Christmas without a pinata? Gavin insisted on striking one-handed.

Gavin has also been wearing his new Lightning McQueen sweatshirt from Auntie Megan every day.
Dominic turned two Dec. 23rd and Megan's birthday was Dec. 21st. So